R. D. Purchon

1.2k total citations
25 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

R. D. Purchon is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, R. D. Purchon has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Oceanography, 8 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in R. D. Purchon's work include Ichthyology and Marine Biology (7 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (7 papers). R. D. Purchon is often cited by papers focused on Ichthyology and Marine Biology (7 papers), Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (7 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (7 papers). R. D. Purchon collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and United Kingdom. R. D. Purchon's co-authors include P. W. Richards and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Ecology and Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

In The Last Decade

R. D. Purchon

25 papers receiving 677 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. D. Purchon Singapore	18	456	411	362	120	71	25	774
Kurt W. Ockelmann Denmark	15	485 1.1×	527 1.3×	389 1.1×	71 0.6×	91 1.3×	22	909
Ernst Marcus United Kingdom	18	596 1.3×	378 0.9×	373 1.0×	161 1.3×	98 1.4×	37	865
R. G. Gustafson United States	13	381 0.8×	432 1.1×	285 0.8×	91 0.8×	81 1.1×	17	728
G. Cognetti Italy	11	266 0.6×	256 0.6×	231 0.6×	47 0.4×	19 0.3×	40	585
Marcel Mouëza Guadeloupe	12	312 0.7×	296 0.7×	361 1.0×	31 0.3×	69 1.0×	22	555
Gunnar Thorson Germany	8	554 1.2×	298 0.7×	374 1.0×	32 0.3×	296 4.2×	10	770
Jørgen Hylleberg Denmark	11	320 0.7×	337 0.8×	199 0.5×	43 0.4×	18 0.3×	27	557
André L. Martel Canada	18	453 1.0×	668 1.6×	475 1.3×	82 0.7×	199 2.8×	35	1.1k
Cynthia D. Trowbridge United States	19	1.1k 2.4×	574 1.4×	478 1.3×	119 1.0×	93 1.3×	63	1.3k
Sjouk Pinkster Netherlands	16	232 0.5×	817 2.0×	153 0.4×	21 0.2×	27 0.4×	39	950

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. D. Purchon

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Purchon, R. D.. (1987). Classification and evolution of the Bivalvia: an analytical study. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 316(1177). 277–302. 29 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1987). The stomach in the bivalvia. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 316(1177). 183–276. 33 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1981). THE MARINE SHELLED MOLLUSCA OF WEST MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE PART 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE COLLECTING STATIONS. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 32 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1978). An analytical approach to a classification of the Bivalvia. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 284(1001). 425–436. 24 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1977). Functional biology of the mollusca. Nature. 265(5594). 565–565. 12 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1971). DIGESTION IN FILTER FEEDING BIVALVES—A NEW CONCEPT. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 32 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1963). PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE BIVALVIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SEPTIBRANCHIA. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 35(2-3). 71–81. 19 indexed citations

Richards, P. W. & R. D. Purchon. (1962). Proceedings of the Centenary and Bicentenary Congress of Biology, Singapore, 2-9 December, 1958.. Journal of Ecology. 50(1). 259–259. 6 indexed citations

Purchon, R. D.. (1960). THE STOMACH IN THE EULAMELLIBRANCHIA; STOMACH TYPES IV AND V. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 135(3). 431–489. 60 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1960). Proceedings of the Centenary and Bi-centenary Congress of Biology, Singapore, December 2-9. 1958. Papers delivered in the University of Malaya in commemoration of the works of Darwin, Wallace and Linnaeus.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1959). 4. PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE LAMELLIBRANCHIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PROTOBRANCHIA. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 33(5). 224–230. 19 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1959). University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Nature. 184(4683). 306–307. 1 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1958). THE STOMACH IN THE EULAMELLIBRANCHIA; STOMACH TYPE IV. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 131(4). 487–525. 43 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1957). THE STOMACH IN THE FILIBRANCHIA AND PSEUDOLAMELLIBRANCHIA. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 129(1). 27–60. 41 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1956). THE STOMACH IN THE PROTOBRANCHIA AND SEPTIBRANCHIA (LAMELLIBRANCHIA). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 127(4). 511–525. 40 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1956). A NOTE ON THE BIOLOGY OF MARTESIA STRIATA L. (LAMELLIBRANCHIA). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 126(2). 245–258. 7 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1955). The structure and function of the British Pholadidae (Rock‐Boring Lamellibranchia). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 124(4). 859–911. 45 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1955). A NOTE ON THE BIOLOGY OF TRIDACNA CROCEA LAM.. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 31(3-4). 95–109. 14 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1955). The functional morphology of the rock-boring lamellibranchPetricola pholadiformisLamarck. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 34(2). 257–278. 33 indexed citations

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Purchon, R. D.. (1954). A note on the biology of the Lamellibranch Rocellaria (Gastrochaena) cuneiformis Spengler. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 124(1). 17–33. 22 indexed citations

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